Show T OREGON considerable interest is manifested in a gold producer owned by J G davis of sacramento judge W E crewes and others located near gold hill in jackson county mr davis has recently exhibited a brick of gold valued at from the mine which constitutes conclusive proof of the backers claims of a promising future for the group the ore runs up to 50 a ton in values and it is expected that the ending of the war will result in extensive development of the ground the hoquiam washington washingtonian says L R webb president of the grays harbor copper development company will leave for the sound today to examine and witness the operations of an electric smelter a duplicate of which the company expects to install at its mine in josephine county oregon two of these smelters shelters sm elters have been erected at tacoma and seattle from tacoma mr webb will go direct to the mine where he will superintend development work and operations the oregon legislature meeting at salem has passed senate joint memorial no 3 asking the federal government to reimburse M miners iners of the state who answered the governments pleas to open up deposits and supply chrome ore for the production of war materials the miners the memorial sets forth spent much time and money in building roads and trails and in locating and opening deposits the war over the market for no longer exists exist and the miners most of them individuals of limited means find themselves facing ruin unless accorded governmental relief most of the chrome deposits in oregon exist in grant and josephine counties representatives A A smith and C A were instrumental in the passage of the memorial |